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Title: We're being invaded!!
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Published: Aug 10, 2005
Author: 4um
Post Date: 2005-08-10 22:22:23 by Zipporah
Keywords: invaded!!, Were, being
Views: 271
Comments: 34
NAW this isnt an illegal immigration thread. But it sort of is. We're being invaded by an introduced plant commonly called the Giant Hogweed. The above photos are of the Giant Hogweed which is spreading across the country and CAPPS brought this to my attention and I thought I would share the info as many on 4 are gardeners and even if you aren't this invasion plant can find its way into your yard or patio garden. Giant Hogweed is a member of the carrot or parsley family and its most impressive characteristic is its massive size. It looks like Queen's Anne Lace on STEROIDS. It's commonly seen on roadways and near streams but can show up in your garden. DON'T try to eradicate it yourself. VERY toxic! Giant hogweed is a public health hazard... The toxic sap, clear and watery, contains a substance that causes painful blisters. The blisters emerge when skin coated with the sap is exposed to sun. The combination of sap and sun produces painful burning blisters that may develop into purplish, blackened scars. Keep children away from this plant and use extreme caution when handling it. Plants may be dug-out, but care should be taken to remove much of the root stalk. This can be difficult and unpleasant. Mowing serves only to stimulate budding on the perennating rootstalk, but might be successful if done consistently and persistently enough to starve the rootstalk.
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#1. To: Zipporah (#0)
Uh huh, see, I told you all this is how brocolli gets started...
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
LOL! Nasty stuff.. sorta does look like broccoli thats been left in the fridge a tad too long :P
Weedy ping.
Where's this weed come from originally?
It's native to the Caucasus region of Asia near the Caspian Sea. It was introduced as a cultivated plant introduced in Europe and the US. The Victorians who seemed to like the weird and bizarre used it as an ornamental and became a pest but it's spreading quickly across the US.
Like I said..... It's funny what you forget once you start getting old. This stuff is all over my neck of the woods and as far north as Mahoning County, PA, as I heard on the radio today. nasty, vile stuff indeed. MUCH worse than poison oak or ivy.
oh no, in additon to bird flu, another terror attack, and the end of the world as we know it, we have to worry about a weed getting us? ;)
Thanks for the heads up on this one. I was reading about it and if the sap gets on your skin and you are exposed to sunlight, lotsa luck .. blisters, purple scars nasty stuff.
YEAH! Think AUDREY from Little Shop of Horrors on crack :P
Skin Reaction to Giant Hogweed Sap It’s a tall majestic plant, but Don’t Touch It! Don’t Plant It! Common Sense Methods of Dealing with Giant Hogweed DON’T touch of handle plants using your bare hands! DON’T allow children to play in hogweed. They may sometimes use the long hollow stems for telescopes or peashooters. DON’T transplant Giant Hogweed, plant its seeds or give away plants or seeds. DO wash immediately with soap and water if hogweed sap contacts your skin. Dead Stems After producing seeds in late summer, the plants die, leaving stems standing into winter. At this point seeds have been shed to germinate the following spring or in future years.
Gack! Nasty looking That pic looks like dandelions on growth hormones!
http://www.cleveland.com/newsflash/cleveland/index.ssf?/base/news- 18/1123475214127240.xml&storylist=cleveland http://www.springfieldnewssun.com/news/content/gen/ap/OH_Giant_Hogweed.ht ml http://www.ohio.com/mld/ohio/12328324.htm
http://www.uky.edu/Ag/C APS/calendar05/junpom.htm
thanks for the links. Hmm one from the University of KENTUCKY?
Thanks. Do you know anything about the toxicity of this weed when it's still relatively small? The pictures you've posted all show HUGE plants.
As far as I know, they are as toxic small as they are young. They all produce sap. I can look into it further if you want.
From what I've read, its toxic even as a small plant. Maybe CAPPS will know?
We should thank the Nazis for giving us all those stark, frightening images. How else we gonna learn not to act like that? On the other hand, monkey see...
Its SUPPERTIME! ;P "feed me leroy, feed me"
Well if they ARE that toxic when they're small, BTW, are there specific regions of the country that are more infested than others?
Well CAPPS said she saw it in Ohio but here's a map not sure how recent it is: Thanks for the map!
Right! And when its large people are taken by its size the large flowers and unwittingly cut the flowers etc. And its said if hogweed is growing in your area you are to contact your local extention agency and to call a professional to remove it. And not to use a weed eater or a mower to cut it as it will cause it to spread even more. Now hogweed as spread beyond that map as it's in southern Ohio. You could probably contact your extention agency to see if it's a risk in your area.
yeah, but on the upside maybe it packs an awesome buzz. a bit of this hogweed, a couple of colorado river toads oozing bufotenine, and a nice thick jimson root. fix your ass right up.
Whenever people ask me, 'hey, you know what you should do? I always say 'What? Buy a monkey?'
YIKES! A much newer map. So Willie isnt safe in Texas.
??? There's something going on besides the map just being newer. How'd THAT happen??? Are you sure the maps are for the same weed? Or maybe one of 'em is for some other weed?
here's the link for the main page for noxious plants from the government database http://plants.usda.gov/cgi_bin/topics.cgi?earl=noxious.cgi And the page for hogweed Oh no. Between this and the kudzu, we're all doomed. Thanks for the alert.
Thanks for the links. The second map is for "plain" hogweed (Croton capitatus aka hogwort, woolly croton, doveweed)
Ah that clears it up then. So far you are safe. Anyone who sees this weed needs to alert their local extention agency and have it eradicated safely by a professional.
#2. To: Dakmar (#1)
Uh huh, see, I told you all this is how brocolli gets started...
#3. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#0)
#4. To: Zipporah (#0)
#5. To: Willie Green (#4)
#6. To: Zipporah (#3)
#7. To: Zipporah (#0)
#8. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#6)
#9. To: christine (#7)
oh no, in additon to bird flu, another terror attack, and the end of the world as we know it, we have to worry about a weed getting us? ;)
#10. To: Zipporah (#5)
#11. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#10)
#12. To: Zipporah (#9)
#13. To: All (#12)
#14. To: Zipporah (#11)
Oh look! another evil plant invasion in our parts!
#15. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#13)
#16. To: Zipporah (#5)
But when I yank weeds out of my garden/flower beds/lawn etc., they don't look anything like that.
(Sometimes I wear gloves, but often I do it bare-handed.
I don't want to go grabbing anything that's gonna cause my skin to blister and rot away.)
#17. To: Willie Green (#16)
#18. To: Willie Green, CAPPSMADNESS (#16)
#19. To: Zipporah (#5)
meet george jetson....
#20. To: Dakmar (#19)
#21. To: Zipporah (#20)
#22. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#17)
As far as I know, they are as toxic small as they are young. They all produce sap. I can look into it further if you want.
I think it would be vital for every home gardener to know what to look for.
Geez, I'm not exactly fanatic about keeping my yard in pristine condition.
But I don't let it get shabby either.
It seems like every time I go outside I yank 3~4 weeds out of the flower beds before they sprout too big.
It sure would be nice to know what NOT to grab bare-handed!!!
I doubt that I would have had to worry about it last year when I was living in Las Vegas.
But now that I've moved to Houston, I would guess we might be at greater risk for that kind of weed.
(But then again, maybe it prefers the northern climates.)
#23. To: Willie Green (#22)
#24. To: timetobuildaboat (#21)
"feed me leroy, feed me"
#25. To: Zipporah (#23)
I'm relieved that I apparently don't have to worry about it down here in Houston.
But just the same, I think those who live in the infested regions should be concerned with identifying the weed when it's still small (maybe 4~8"? 10"?)
That's probably when they're most likely to unwittingly just grab it bare-handed like any other weed.
#26. To: Willie Green (#25)
#27. To: Willie Green (#22)
#28. To: Dakmar (#1)
#29. To: CAPPSMADNESS (#27)
#30. To: Zipporah, CAPPSMADNESS (#29)
YIKES! A much newer map. So Willie isnt safe in Texas.
Yeah, it looks like the weed spread elsewhere.
But it also disappeared from many of the states where it was on the first map.
#31. To: Willie Green (#30)
#32. To: Zipporah (#0)
#33. To: Zipporah (#31)
Mystery solved!
The first map is the correct one.
It is for giant hogweed (Heracleum mantegazzianum aka giant cow parsnip)
It is both invasive and noxious.
It is invasive, but not noxious.
So it looks like I'm "safe" here in Texas.
#34. To: Willie Green (#33)
he second map is for "plain" hogweed (Croton capitatus aka hogwort, woolly croton, doveweed) It is invasive, but not noxious. So it looks like I'm "safe" here in Texas.
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